The Manhattan district attorney's office will throw out almost 200 misdemeanor convictions with ties to eight NYPD officers found guilty of crimes linked to their work.
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"New Yorkers must know that everyone is acting with the utmost integrity in the pursuit of equal justice under the law," Bragg said in a statement released on Thursday. "Without that belief, our criminal justice system will never be able to deliver real and lasting safety that every community deserves."
Through the Post-Conviction Justice Unit, Bragg's office is reviewing more than 1,100 cases connected to a list of officers convicted of crimes related to their jobs as police officers. Those cases came to the office after public defenders and advocacy groups
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